The son of Obizzo da Polenta, he inherited Ravenna but under the control of a provveditore from the nearby Republic of Venice. In 1438 the condottiero Niccolò Piccinino, commander of the Milanese troops, invaded the lordship, forcing Ostasio to ally himself with the Visconti of Milan against Venice. The latter sent a fleet which conquered Ravenna without opposition, putting an end to the Polentani seigniory in February 1441.
Ostasio was exiled to a Benedictine convent in Candia, in Crete, where he died in 1447, probably assassinated.
Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its collapse in 476, after which it served as the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom and then the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna.
The Battle of Castagnaro was fought on 11 March 1387 at Castagnaro between Verona and Padua. It is one of the most famous battles of the Italian condottieri age.
The da Polenta family or Polentani was an old Italian noble family whose name derives from the Castle of Polenta near Bertinoro in Romagna.
Obizzo da Polenta was an Italian nobleman and politician and the lord of Ravenna of the da Polenta family.
Aldobrandino da Polenta was a lord of Ravenna of the da Polenta family.
Guido I da Polenta was lord of Ravenna from 1275 until his abdication in 1297.
Lamberto I da Polenta was lord of Ravenna from 1297 until his death.
Guido II da Polenta, also known as Guido Novello, was an Italian who served as lord of Ravenna from 1316 until 1322.
Ostasio I da Polenta was lord of Ravenna from 1322 until his death.
Bernardino da Polenta may refer to:
Bannino da Polenta was lord of Cervia from 1313 until his death. He was the son of Guido I da Polenta.
Pandolfo da Polenta was for a short time the joint lord of Ravenna and Cervia from 1346 until his death.
Bernardino I da Polenta was lord of Ravenna and Cervia from 1346 until his death.
Guido III da Polenta was a lord of Ravenna, Italy and a member of the da Polenta family.
Bernardino II da Polenta was lord of Ravenna, Italy from 1389 to 1400. He was the son of Guido III da Polenta, grandson of Bernardino I and a member of the da Polenta family. Bernardino's mother was Elisa d'Este, the daughter of Obizzo III d'Este of Ferrara, who gave him numerous children. In 1389, Bernardino and his brothers, Ostasio, Obizzo, Aldobrandino, Azzo and Pietro imprisoned their father and ruled Ravenna. The brothers died in quick succession; allegedly Bernardino was poisoned by his brother Obizzo.
The Traversari are a noble Italian family. The dynasty's history was mostly connected to Ravenna, which it ruled between the 12th and 13th centuries. St. Romuald was the son of Duke Sergio degli Onesti of Ravenna and of Traversara Traversari, daughter of Teodoro Traversari, son of Paolo I Traversari.
Ostasio II da Polenta was an Italian condottiero and lord of Ravenna.
Gurlino Tombesi or Gorlino of Ravenna was an Italian condottiero who fought for Ravenna and the Venetian Republic.
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Desiderio Spreti (1414–1474) was an Italian historian of contemporary Ravenna.
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